Food Guide for New Runners: Getting It Right From the Start

Nancy Clark's Food Guide for New Runners: Getting It Right From the Start (2008) clearly and concisely answers the nutrition questions of novice runners: What should I eat before I run? What about sports drinks? How much protein should I be eating? How can I lose weight and have energy to exercise? Is it normal from runners to get dizzy at the end of a run?

This "how to" book will answer those questions --- plus many others. Nancy Clark's Food Guide for New Runners is easy to read, offers practical tips, debunks nutrition myths, and is a handy resource for new runners who are eager to learn how to reach their goals with energy to spare.

It is --

A nutrition guidebook with
chapters to help you with day-to-day eating for high energy.

A
sports nutrition resource with chapters about how to fuel
for strength and stamina.

A food book filled with easy ideas
for breakfasts, lunches, snacks and dinners.

Here’s
what readers are saying about Nancy
Clark’s
Food Guide for New Runners:

"Of all the sports nutrition material
I have read, Nancy Clark's has been the best to digest. Thank
you for all of your advice."

"Nutrition
has always been an area where I've had very little
knowledge but always wanted to learn more. I need someone
to spell out exactly what I should be eating. Nancy Clark's books do this
for me!"

"Nancy,
thank you so much for writing this book.
As a coach, the number one question I consistently hear from my
runners is "What about nutrition"

"Dear Nancy, I just have to write you a thank you note. I purchased your "Food Guide for New Runners" and I've just finished the second week of implementing your suggested eating routine. WOW, what a difference! I recover better. I sleep better. I fatigue less during runs and my muscles are certainly no where near as sore the next day as they used to be. I also really look forward to my low fat chcolate milk at the end of a run. Kind regards, Sheree White, Australia

Boston sports nutritionist Nancy Clark RD is an internationally respected sports nutrition counselor and author.
She has written five sports nutrition books and has a blog covering several valuable nutrition topics for athletes and fitness exercisers, including proper
nutrition for endurance sports, sports conditioning and diet, triathlon training, sports training and diet, and pre-competition training diet for runners,
bicyclists, and soccer players. She also has developed a dietetics and nursing continuing education course on sports nutrition (available online and as a
live workshop offering CEUs). For health professionals there are pre-made sports nutrition presentations, ready to duplicate handouts, and a monthly
reprintable column.